Thomas Dries will support SIGNA in the banking & capital markets area

Financial expert Thomas Dries will support SIGNA in the area of banking as well as on the international capital markets.He will carry out his activities from SIGNA's Berlin offices.

Thomas Dries has been active in the banking area with a focus on real estate for almost 30 years. Most recently he was Deputy Head of Real Estate Finance at the Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba), where he was responsible for the bank’s real estate lending business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.Prior to that, he was also responsible for the German, Austrian and Swiss markets as the Head of Real Estate Structured Finance Corporate & Investment Banking at Société Générale.He had previously already worked for Helaba from 2002 to 2008. At that time, he dealt with the acquisition and support of real estate customers.

Jürgen Fenk, Member of the SIGNA Group Executive Board, had this to say:”With Thomas Dries, we are delighted to have been able to add an absolute expert to our team, with an extensive network in the field of banking & real estate financing.We extend him a warm welcome to the SIGNA family.”

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